Most-Shorted Companies Resume Surge In Premarket (SPY +1.0%). Biggest premarket movers: Tesla, CureVac, Otis Worldwide. Airlines cancel most NYC-area flights. Here is the current market situation from CNN Money European markets are mixed today. The DAX is up 1.43% while the FTSE 100 gains 1.07%. The CAC 40 is off 2.02%. What Is Moving the Markets Here are the headlines moving the markets. Will U.S. Shale Finally Reward Shareholders? U.S. oil prices above $50 a barrel are helping the shale patch to generate more cash flow, especially after the massive capital spending cuts last year. But higher prices are also reviving the good old dilemma of U.S. shale producersraise production or raise payouts to shareholders, who have grown increasingly frustrated in recent years with the lack of meaningful returns while drillers were sinking cash flows, and even spending beyond cash flow generation into breaking production records. Most analysts believe